- Zack Ryder spoke with The West Australian and admitted things haven't been so great for him lately. He said, "eventually I did become one of the top WWE superstars and the US Champion in 2011. But since then I've fallen off a bit."

- Ric Flair, Trent Baretta, Brian Kendrick, Derrick Bateman and Roderick Strong will be appearing at the XSE Live Superstars of Wrestling event at the Charlotte Harbor Events Center in Punta Gorda, Florida on August 23rd. Flair will be doing a pre-show meet & greet plus a VIP Q&A session. More information is available at XSElive.com.

- WWE is getting a bit of bad press while in South Africa this week. There's a story in the media about a South African teenager being paralyzed after bullies at school used a Tombstone Piledriver on him. Police are investigating.